Two Henrico County Public Schools teachers have been chosen to receive the 2015 Robert H. Jackson Center National Award for Teaching Justice. This prestigious award is granted to individuals who make outstanding efforts to teach justice in their classrooms in creative, inspiring ways - which these teachers have done through the implementation of the Prevention Project program!

The Prevention Project is a curriculum created by the Richmond Justice Initiative that deals with the topic of Human Trafficking. Teachers Jeannine Chewning and Colleen Savino were honored for their efforts to make sure students are aware of statistics, warning signs, how human trafficking works and how to fight it, which they've been doing for four years now.

"They feel like they are a part of something that's going on now," Savino says. "The most powerful part of it is them getting involved in the community and feeling like they're doing something to help stop this. When you empower young people amazing things happen."

During the four years of the Prevention Project, students have had movie nights, panel discussions, petitioned the General Assembly, made public service announcements, and much more.

They will be honored again at the NCSS Conference in New Orleans on Friday, November 13.